What's in a Prague street name

Every street in Prague, one by one.

Parliament

22nd Oct 2024

Prague 1, day 211: náměstí Jana Palacha

Originally published on X on 27 April 2024. Originally, this area was called Rejdiště (more on that in a few days); the square came into being in the 1870s and was called Na Rejdišti. During WW1, it was named náměstí císařovny Zity after Zita of Bourbon-Parma (1892-1989), the final Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary. Continue reading

1945, 1969, 1989, Artists, Concert halls, Concerts, Dvořák, Films, Habsburgs, Jan Hus, Jan Palach, Masaryks, Mozart, Old Town, Parliament, Prague 1, Prague Spring, Prague Uprising, Praha 1, Protests, Sculptures, Smetana, Staré Město, Students, Velvet Revolution, Vltava
8th Sep 2024

Prague 1, day 43: Sněmovní

Originally published on X on 19 October 2023. Buckle up, kids, this one probably has a link to many of your least favourite Czechs. Because sněmovna is short for Poslanecká sněmovna, or ‘Chamber of Deputies’. In 1650, one Countess Markéta Anna Thunová purchased a building here, and the family bought two more in 1662 and Continue reading

Malá Strana, Parliament, Politicians, Prague 1, Praha 1